News - Monthly Archives: April 2015
Tort Reform in West Virginia Leads to New Standards for Allocation of Fault
In an historic move that will have long-lasting repercussions for both the legal and business communities of West Virginia, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed House Bill 2002 into law changing the standard for the computation of allocation of fault. While only one of a few tort reform changes made by the now Republican-controlled West Virginia legislature, HB 2002 is by far the most significant. West Virginia, which once followed the joint and several liability standard, …